Marriage Advice

The Secret to a Happy 2nd Marriage

Marry someone--and be someone--whose ex-spouse was so awful that the worst thing you or your new partner could ever do, doesn't even register on either of your radar screens.

You’d Better Like “I-Messages” (Or Else!)
We all surely know that “I-messages” are the proper way to get our thoughts and needs across to our loved ones. Still, sometimes they don’t seem to work. That is, no matter how we phrase what we want, our mate won’t give it to us. If we keep trying, he might even get annoyed. Is he just being obstreperous or are we doing it wrong or what?

Married, Deluded, and Loving It!
Some of the best marriages contain two people looking at each other through foggy glasses. And that's a good thing.

Seek, Find, Marry Again Two Books To Check Out
Some love matches are a surprise – even to those involved. It can happen -- that is, be created -- between two people you wouldn't have expected to click. One of our divorced and despairing friends, when he was 50, fell in love with a 30-year-old co-worker.

Ten Secrets of Successful Second Marriages
The last time you said, "I do," either you or your ex-spouse "did not." Now that you are about to go down the aisle for a second time, what should you do differently so that your next "I do" turns into "I will"?

Five First Marriage Tribulations You can learn from now that you're in your second
You didn't get married the first time thinking it was going to be a trial or starter marriage. Of course not. It was going to last forever. But, like half of all marriages, it didn't.

How Can I Get My EX Out of My Head?
How do you get the “good times tapes” to stop running over and over again? I’ve been separated from my son’s father for three years now and divorced for a year. I have not had a relationship, though I’ve tried dating. Each time I recognize that the date is not “the one,” I keep clicking back to those good memories of the fun I had with my ex.